Sentences with phrase «near the bottom in»

May 1, 2018 • The state ranks near the bottom in enrolling people for food assistance.

The state ranks near the bottom in enrolling people for food assistance.

But to be near the bottom in a society of low consumption seems to be no worse than to be near the bottom in a society of high consumption.

The world's biggest milk processors have been ranked in a new report, and while Fonterra is near the top in terms of the volume of milk it collects, it sits near the bottom in terms of the value it creates from that milk.

Temple ranked at or near the bottom in nearly every NCAA statistical category and lost 10 straight games for the second year in a row.

They're near the bottom in quality start percentage, and they've gone past 6 innings just once.

Despite one of the largest spreads of the week, the betting public remains overwhelmingly confident in Houston covering against the 2 - 8 Green Wave, mostly due to the fact that the Houston offense looks unstoppable and Tulane ranks near the bottom in points allowed and overall defense.

According to Mauro, a much more important finding of Moynihan's report for New York State's Congressional candidates, is that our state ranks near the bottom in the distribution of so - called «discretionary» federal spending — 48th in per capita military spending and 42nd in per capita non-defense discretionary spending — but first per capita when it comes to means - tested assistance programs, including Medicaid, AFDC, Food Stamps, Housing Assistance, and Unemployment Insurance.

The Syracuse area ranks last in economic growth and near the bottom in prosperity and economic inclusion among the nation's 100 largest metros, according to a report from a Washington, D.C., think tank.

Tax rates and cost drivers have been cut or tweaked, but New York still ends up near the bottom in many business climate rankings.

We stand at or near the bottom in rankings among the 50 states.

The students performed near the bottom in general science literacy, were second to last in advanced mathematics, and brought up the rear in advanced physics.

U.S. high - school students rank near the bottom in math and science.

South Dakota receives its lowest grade in teacher quality, ranking near the bottom in the nation.

Conversely, only 7 percent of the schools in Tennessee are failing, though the state ranks near the bottom in terms of school performance.

Our high school seniors ranked near the bottom in math and science achievement when compared with their peers around the world, according to the TIMSS test results.

Tennessee ranks near the bottom in both investment in public education and key indicators of student achievement.

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It notes that North Carolina has consistently ranked near the bottom in per - pupil spending nationwide.

I am from North Carolina, where charter and year - round schools became common following years during which the state ranked near the bottom in education.

Although Arizona ranks near the bottom in student funding, we are encouraged by the Governor's discussion of adding more dollars by a land trust ballot initiative and a council to reform school finance.»

North Carolina has fallen near the bottom in national rankings on teacher pay, dramatically fewer students than in previous years are enrolling in teacher training programs, and many of the state's teachers are fleeing to neighboring states to see as much as a $ 10,000 increase in pay.

National academic testing has found that California's students rank near the bottom in achievement.

Lee, the N.C. Central University education dean, says the negative attention about North Carolina ranking near the bottom in teacher pay has been one factor keeping enrollment down.

On the most recent NAEP, in 2013, California students scored near the bottom in math and reading.

Despite these changes, isn't California still near the bottom in terms of academic performance, at least as it is measure by the National Assessment of Education Progress?

When you look at NAEP results for 2013, California's growth in eighth grade reading scores was the top in the nation, getting close to the national average despite high poverty and second language levels and ranking near the bottom in per - pupil expenditures.

Less talked about was this footnote: The state still ranks near the bottom in the Advanced Placement program and was 50th for years.

NAM: California is near the bottom in per - pupil spending.

Florida ranks near the bottom in achievement gains.

While both the Ram ProMaster City and larger van reign near the bottom in terms of sales, this segment can quickly switch based on large commercial orders and growing personal customer usage.

If your portfolio is small relative to the size of your total available assets and you can therefore afford to make a mistake (e.g., sell out at or near the bottom in the event that you can't handle the stress), then go ahead and build a high - risk portfolio.

The state is also near the bottom in number of IRS returns with gift tax per capita.

Even when the market was at or near its bottom in the dark days of the financial crisis, people were more worried that stock prices would continue to fall than they were sure prices were on the verge of soaring.

Not exact matches

When Fox Sports recently ranked the best and worst front offices in football from No. 1 to No. 32, the Buffalo Bills came in near the bottom of the heap at No. 29.

This year the state returns to more familiar territory, with some of the nation's largest class sizes, near the lowest per - pupil spending and a finish in the bottom tier for the category.

A PFP listing — a small text ad that appears in or near relevant search results — will go online almost immediately, but its longevity is tied to the bottom line: «The minute you stop paying for it, it's gone,» Sherman says.

Angola habitually ranks near the bottom of the NGO Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (164th in a list of 176 countries in the 2016 rankings).

New Jersey does log a solid improvement in our Business Friendliness category for 2013, but still finishes near the bottom at 41st in the category compared with 48th in 2012.

• Japan's Brothers in Woe As one sorry tale of Japanese corporate governance nears the bottom, another just falls more steeply into the arc of pain.

Elliott alleged that Hess was paying execs some of the highest compensation packages in the industry, while stock returns were near the bottom.

The state came in at the top of our August ranking but now sits near the bottom.

Income and property taxes paid are lower than in most states because median income and median home values are near the bottom of the list.

And Libya — where SNC Lavalin had been tied to the toppled Gadhafi regime — comes in at 168, right near the bottom.

While the near - zero balance of opinion suggests that labour market slack remains, the indicator has continued to improve gradually since the oil price shock, as conditions in affected regions have bottomed out.

Buying activity resumed in September near $ 1.80 when two 2016 tests at that level completed a triple bottom reversal.

This is why Amazon scored near the bottom of the 2013 CPA - Zicklin Index of Corporate Accountability and Disclosure, which ranks the top 200 companies in the S&P 500.

After oil slumped, the Canadian dollar fell in lockstep, eventually bottoming out near 77 cents in early March, 2009.

I was getting near the bottom of the bowl, so last month I removed what remained at the bottom, put in a replacement cake, and put the dregs of the old on top of the new cake.

Unfortunately, many of those investors made the wrong move at the wrong time — selling near the market bottom and missing out on the rebound that occurred in 2009.